{"id":115999,"date":"2019-11-18T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/sports-roundup-145-115999.html"},"modified":"2024-02-19T10:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T08:22:12","slug":"sports-roundup-145","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-roundup-145-id115999.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s national football squad failed to qualify directly to Euro 2020. On Friday, the Romanians were defeated on home turf by Sweden, 2-nil. Spain and Sweden are the teams of the preliminary Group F to go to the European Championship. Romania\u2019s last chance now is the Nations Leagues playoff. In the playoff\u2019s semifinal, Cosmin Contra\u2019s team will be up against Scotland or Island in March, depending on the draw of November 22 in Nyon, Switzerland. Until then, the Romanians will play against Spain in Madrid, in their last match of Group F.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Romanian Cristina Simion of Steaua Bucharest Sports Club won on Saturday the gold medal at the World Mountain Running Championships in Argentina. The race was 41-km long. Cristina Simion was followed by the French athletes Adeline Roche and Blandine L\u2019Hirondel. In the same competition, Romania won bronze in women\u2019s team event. Romania participated in the World Mountain Running Championships with nine athletes.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s news from handball now. The women\u2019s teams representing Romania in the Champions League qualified to the main stage of the competition, although they were both defeated during the weekend. 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